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The 'lotus tree' (Greek ''lôtos'') is a plant that occurs in two stories from Greek mythology:

★ In Homer's ''Odyssey'', the lotus (tree) bore a fruit that caused a pleasant drowsiness and was the only food of an island people called the Lotophagi or Lotus-eaters.

★ In another story, the nymph, Lotis, is turned into a lotus tree.
Botanical candidates for the lotus (tree) are discussed in the Lotophagi article.